Book Talk, etc. Podcast 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by tbretc

A book that scares you
Read a book that scares you. This can be a book that literally frightens you, or one that you've been intimated to read. Listen to episode 20 of the Book Talk, etc. podcast to hear which books scared us.
All books added
The Metamorphosis (AmazonClassics Edition) by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis (AmazonClassics Edition)

Franz Kafka

67 pages • first pub 1915 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain

When the Stars Go Dark

Paula McLain

11 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious slow-paced
The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon

The Quiet Tenant

Clémence Michallon

10 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

The Final Girl Support Group

Grady Hendrix

13 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Drowning by T.J. Newman

Drowning

T.J. Newman

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan

11 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World

The Wheel of Time #1

Robert Jordan

29 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Tampa by Alissa Nutting

Tampa

Alissa Nutting

268 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime horror dark medium-paced